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Programme C

Humane Slaughter and Loss-of-Responsiveness Assays

A planned randomised comparison of common harvest methods against pre-specified behavioural endpoints.

Research question

Which harvest method ends responsiveness fastest?

[PLACEHOLDER — CONFIRM WITH CLIENT: confirm formal research question wording]

Method

Planned randomised comparison of common commercial harvest methods (boiling, blanching, rapid cooling) against pre-specified behavioural endpoints, including time to irreversible loss of responsiveness.

Assay protocols and the statistical analysis plan are pre-specified before data collection, video scoring is blinded, and the advisor reviews the final analysis.

Protocols and statistical analysis plans will be published before data collection begins.

Planned outputs

  • An assay dataset
  • Published protocols